DefQon
Headphoneus Supremus
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I remember going in there while back last year and I asked one of the guys if I could listen to the R10 and the k1k they had in that glass case and the guy was like No way! Think it belongs to Uncle Wilson.
As with the TH900 requiring proper DAC and amp to boost the sound qualities, sure any headphone can benefit from it but then again it can't fix it's own flaws even if you had a very good amp to put something there that was not originally. Myself and the client fed his TH900 plenty of power including one of those Manley tube amp's with a SE out, my WIP caseless balanced b22, few RWA amp's, the head out of his unusual looking Luxman P - 600u series? amp. The TH900 is pretty coloured sounding and I'd take my balanced modded CD3k's over it anytime of the week as it has some similar sound traits to of it's bigger brother the R10. Of course I haven't heard the R10 but those who have owned both agree otherwise there is some similarities, even if i had the money I'd never drop it on a R10, easy driver failures, biocellulose break down which is specified to last around 2 decades, 4 variants of drivers, no thanks even if that diffuse field wood housing is doing all the magic.
The one in Jaben already sent back to Singapore btw
you need proper DAC & amp to boost TH900, preferably one with huge soundstage. Unless I use my Liquid Fire, it sounds really cramped and I can hear too much wood reverb
I remember going in there while back last year and I asked one of the guys if I could listen to the R10 and the k1k they had in that glass case and the guy was like No way! Think it belongs to Uncle Wilson.
As with the TH900 requiring proper DAC and amp to boost the sound qualities, sure any headphone can benefit from it but then again it can't fix it's own flaws even if you had a very good amp to put something there that was not originally. Myself and the client fed his TH900 plenty of power including one of those Manley tube amp's with a SE out, my WIP caseless balanced b22, few RWA amp's, the head out of his unusual looking Luxman P - 600u series? amp. The TH900 is pretty coloured sounding and I'd take my balanced modded CD3k's over it anytime of the week as it has some similar sound traits to of it's bigger brother the R10. Of course I haven't heard the R10 but those who have owned both agree otherwise there is some similarities, even if i had the money I'd never drop it on a R10, easy driver failures, biocellulose break down which is specified to last around 2 decades, 4 variants of drivers, no thanks even if that diffuse field wood housing is doing all the magic.